Winter Wonderettes

11th Hour Theater Company opens its new production Winter Wonderettes not in Philadelphia, but rather at Theater Horizon’s new theater in beautiful downtown Norristown. Penned by Roger Bean, Winter is the sequel to Marvelous Wonderettes, which 11th Hour mounted last summer in a joyous production from director Megan Nicole O’Brien. For those uninitiated into the world of the Wonderettes, the title is the name of a singing group comprised of four gal pals from high school. In Winter, it is 1968, and the group (now 10 years post-graduation) is hired to sing at a hardware store’s Christmas party, where they belt out yuletide classics like “Santa Baby” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” Three of the original cast members from Marvelous—Laura Catlaw, Kat Borrelli and Janet Rowley—return, and are joined by newcomer Rachel Camp. -J. Cooper Robb